As the new year awaits, I’m once again taking this time to reflect on my writings in 2023.
I didn’t write as much as I wanted to. I wanted to write more about my learnings on power in organizations, as I expected to read more and talk to people more about the topic (I didn’t).
But as it is often the case, life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.
So in 2023, I ended up writing much less, even though I almost kept my one-post-per-week pace throughout the year. Instead I ended up designing a lot more – specifically, I did take more time practicing my ambigram design skills, albeit with limited success. I even bought a book about ambigram design!
Now I’m starting to think about 2024 and it’ll be another exciting year:
- I want to practice more ambigram design – sketching on e-ink devices like Kindle Scribe is admittedly pleasurable!
- I’ve got quite some readings on the topic of power and organizations to catch up with.
- I want to continue writing my Ruminations For Aspiring Designers series, which has now become the primary outlet for my thinkings on design (as my focus has shifted slightly away from it).
- I’m specifically looking forward to reading the Why Design is Hard book from Scott Berkun and Bryan Zug.
- I’m also keen to follow the development of Google’s NotebookLM (only available in the U.S. for now), an experiment with thought-provoking implications.
Most important of all – thank you very much for reading my blog this year!
Ruminations For Aspiring Designers
Much Ado About Portfolio
How Not to Promote Yourself
Kung Fu Fighting For Designers
Much Ado About People
The Dot Theory of Your Career
Empathy, Action and Power
Design Research is a State Machine
Much Ado About Noticing
Service Blueprint as a Thinking Tool
The Remit of Design
Three Things to Do For Aspiring Designers in 2024
Design and Beyond
Agile, Design and Expertise Management
Why Inclusion is Hard
Organization, Transformation and Technologies
AI And Its Enemies
Change Fatigue is Unreal
The Role of Believing in Transformative Change
Even the Best of People: On Leadership, Activism and Lores
Take Care of People and Trust Will Take Care of Itself
Activism is a Reaction to Institution’s Inability to Change
Who Are Your Allies in Your Organizations?
What Values Do You Create For Your Stakeholders?
Good Bullshit is Organization’s Greatest Enemy
Authoritarian Oversight Vs. Democratic Oversight
Empowerment and Organization
The Org Design Triangles
What Are You Hiring For?
The Road to Transformable Organization
Management Vs. Transformation
Understanding Transformation Lores
Nice Person, Toxic Teammate
K ][ N G of A R T™
Ambigram: Mary v1
Ambigram: Mary v2
Ambigram: Elie
Ambigram: Angie
Ambigram: Tanya
Ambigram: Mona v1
Ambigram: Shanu v2
Ambigram: Lily v1
Ambigram: Layla v2
Ambigram: Krystal v1
Ambigram: Lisa v1
Ambigram: Laura v1
Ambigram: Liana v1
Ambigram: Tara MacLeod v1
Ambigram: Mary Amuti v1
Ambigram: Malinda Yu v1
Miscellaneous
Book Review: Product People by Elsawy Yehia
Music, 90s and My Father
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